(Hep)Locked In

There are some duties when you just feel it.  Extractions are easy.  Lining is simple.  With a syringe or an IV cannula in hand, success is just one prick away.  Last night in the Pedia ER was one of those nights.

IV insertion on a neonate?  Sure.  ABG extraction on a thrashing toddler?  Got it.  Venous extraction on an obese teenager?  Do you need 5 or 10 cc, Ma’am?  Reinserting on that first neonate?  Let’s make it 2 for 2.  A fountain catch?  Just one G23 needle, please.

I’ll probably ruin my streak for this show of hubris, but for one memorable night, in Pedia no less, I was locked in.  Good times.

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